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as we likes to remind us, education is an economic issue because the countries that out-educate us today will out-compete us tomorrow, and right now we're 17th in science and 25th in math. and it's a national security issue because other countries are training the best engineers and scientists. and it's a civil rights issue because students of color receive a sub par education. and drop out at twice the rate as white students. fundamentally, i believe it's a moral issue. there's nothing more important than how we raise and educate our children. president obama has initiated groundbreaking reforms to support high quality teaching, reward innovation, expand early childhood education and make college more affordable. he's gotten banks out of the student loan business and given a tuition tax break to middle class families. so for me, that's huge. and for the 1.1 million students in new york city alone. it's made a tremendous difference. he's also laid the groundwork for an economy that's built to last and that's not an easy job. he brought us back from the brink of a great depression, saved
as we likes to remind us, education is an economic issue because the countries that out-educate us today will out-compete us tomorrow, and right now we're 17th in science and 25th in math. and it's a national security issue because other countries are training the best engineers and scientists. and it's a civil rights issue because students of color receive a sub par education. and drop out at twice the rate as white students. fundamentally, i believe it's a moral issue. there's nothing more...
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educated lady, how is what he's wearing affecting what he's saying about what romney is wearing? >> i would say that it doesn't signify the best taste really for october to be wearing lime green. >> the lady who doesn't speak english, she's not said much. is that polite or impolite? >> well, you see, it's almost like she's a non-person to me because she's so quiet. >> do you think that has high no-to-do with the fact that she can't speak a considered of english? >> possibly. she could at least smile. >> right. >> but of course in the end there's only one panel that really matters. so ohio voter, who do you think won tonight's debate? >> i thought obama won. >> obama it is then because you are the only one who counts. [laughter] what a waste of time. [cheering and applause] >> jon: welcome back. my guest tonight is a statistician and founder of the any timed political blog 538.com. his new book is called "the signal and the noise: why so many predictions fail but some don't." please welcome back to the program nate silver. [applause] thank you for being here. >> thank you. >> jon:
educated lady, how is what he's wearing affecting what he's saying about what romney is wearing? >> i would say that it doesn't signify the best taste really for october to be wearing lime green. >> the lady who doesn't speak english, she's not said much. is that polite or impolite? >> well, you see, it's almost like she's a non-person to me because she's so quiet. >> do you think that has high no-to-do with the fact that she can't speak a considered of english? >>...
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i think it's very important for people to be educated about that. and this is something that i write about, as you said, in my book, i deal a lot with the history of this fight. because historically, it's a very, very important fight. after all, some of the people who are advocating for a centrism national political party were basically saying and this connects to your story will bring the more conservative democrats who are white and the more liberal republicans who are white, together in a centrist party, oh and the black party, they'll stay behind in the democratic party but they'll be happy because the party will be smaller then and then they'll have more power within this party. and this is actually -- by the way -- i'm not making this up, people have written books articulating this as a thesis or as a blueprint for how to build the independent movement. well, many of us who have been in independent politics for a long time fought tooth and nail against that. and i think it's important as a part of that history. >> before we take our next quest
i think it's very important for people to be educated about that. and this is something that i write about, as you said, in my book, i deal a lot with the history of this fight. because historically, it's a very, very important fight. after all, some of the people who are advocating for a centrism national political party were basically saying and this connects to your story will bring the more conservative democrats who are white and the more liberal republicans who are white, together in a...
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i've completed by formal education. back side career choices my children are grown having children of their own. those of the millennial generation are either still in college, workforce training many decisions about marriage, career and life are still pending. if they inherent the debt of our current government they will spend much of their adult lives paying for the excesses of spending for which they will receive no benefit and nothing to show for it. like having to pay bill of the restaurant for people who an expensive dinner years before but they never paid for it. tonight we do something that hasn't been done before. present an entire show for and about the generation of young americans who have hopes and dreams but also have had some of their dreams shattered by staggering education debts the lack of decent jobs available and the fear of what lights ahead. surveys indicate 77% of millennials are delaying major life decisions because of economic restraints. for those of who us who are baby boomers, our parents sac
i've completed by formal education. back side career choices my children are grown having children of their own. those of the millennial generation are either still in college, workforce training many decisions about marriage, career and life are still pending. if they inherent the debt of our current government they will spend much of their adult lives paying for the excesses of spending for which they will receive no benefit and nothing to show for it. like having to pay bill of the...
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it is not incident just education. in alabama and places like that, a lot of the crops this year just brought it in the fields. they could not get people to pick the crops. -- a lot of the crops this year just rotted in the fields. >> if this were easy, we would not be having this conversation. you have to deal with the politics. you have to make people feel better. make my family feel better. my son is a physics student. you let in a lot of foreign physics students, are you diluting his job market? my sister lives in amarillo, texas. they are very worried about waves coming across the border. >> one, nobody has come across the border in a long time. we spend a fortune on technology. if you want to come to america illegally, do not waste your time going across the border and through the desert. it is dangerous. just lie here and overstay your visa. we have absolutely no ability to check who you are and get you back. -- just fly here and overstay your visa. we solve our problem by having an economy crater. people do not
it is not incident just education. in alabama and places like that, a lot of the crops this year just brought it in the fields. they could not get people to pick the crops. -- a lot of the crops this year just rotted in the fields. >> if this were easy, we would not be having this conversation. you have to deal with the politics. you have to make people feel better. make my family feel better. my son is a physics student. you let in a lot of foreign physics students, are you diluting his...
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each conversation had been different and focused on something different from education to the meaning of that this time to talking to people who are part of the next month and right back at the beginning to talking about women and how they are pretreated the media. tonight we can have their place. i'm so pleased and happy and excited and beyond thrilled that we have two phenomenal gentlemen with us tonight. we have award-winning filmmaker, said one end of privacy in some of this work, barack and curtis where he talks about barack obama. [applause] where he talks about two sides of african-american cannot get iran to talk about that a little bit more. we also have cultural critics, presenter of lesser blacks, duke university professor, said she was trying to solve subway from north carolina. [applause] thank you jim demint, both of you for joining us tonight. i'm going to come sit down to give brandis microphone. rub a bit of a conversation with a gentleman and open it up for you guys to join the conversation now. i just ask when you have a comment please raise your hand. i will see yo
each conversation had been different and focused on something different from education to the meaning of that this time to talking to people who are part of the next month and right back at the beginning to talking about women and how they are pretreated the media. tonight we can have their place. i'm so pleased and happy and excited and beyond thrilled that we have two phenomenal gentlemen with us tonight. we have award-winning filmmaker, said one end of privacy in some of this work, barack...
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many support causes like education and aids awareness. some tell us this is not any different. >> i guess it is ok. >> others feel otherwise. >> i feel like if people are violent overseas they may get violent year. i think they should not put it up. >> she is referring to the recent youtube video that caused violent and of the protests across the middle east. the organization behind these ads says they are not trying to promote violence. some riders helped the group is prepared for backlash just like a maker of the youtube them. >> it goes along the same lines. >> the judge ruled metro officials must put the ads up by 5:00 this evening. metro officials tell us they will comply with the judge's orders. >> it was a cold start to the moment after the big chill came in over the weekend. that is not cooling down the taste of d.c. >> there is some good food out here. we will try some of that. the doors open up at 12:00. it runs until 7:00 rain or shine. i told the organizers of a call for nothing but sunshine, but there could be some showers in
many support causes like education and aids awareness. some tell us this is not any different. >> i guess it is ok. >> others feel otherwise. >> i feel like if people are violent overseas they may get violent year. i think they should not put it up. >> she is referring to the recent youtube video that caused violent and of the protests across the middle east. the organization behind these ads says they are not trying to promote violence. some riders helped the group is...
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by doing things like addressing the educational disparities, doing things like making sure the education is trained towards jobs available and making sure we're putting in places where they can actually be successful in their work, that's how you increase the tax base, that's how you encourage more business to invest inside the area and address the economic disparities mitt romney is talking about without saying if we decrease taxes for the very rich somehow it will trickle down. that experiment has not worked. >> i will try to leave this segment on a high note which is to say that the detroit tigers are in the world series. >> yeah. >> go tigers. >> which is i mean i love san francisco, but really, the city should get it. >> absolutely. >> to win this one. >> they earned that. >> right. >> they deserve it. thank you to our resident detroit experts rachel grady and heidi ewing their film "detropia" is out now, arthur mark binelli, detroit city the place to be, which goes on sale november 13th. go tigers. coming up vice president joe biden wants americans to know that you don't have to wa
by doing things like addressing the educational disparities, doing things like making sure the education is trained towards jobs available and making sure we're putting in places where they can actually be successful in their work, that's how you increase the tax base, that's how you encourage more business to invest inside the area and address the economic disparities mitt romney is talking about without saying if we decrease taxes for the very rich somehow it will trickle down. that...
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we put out educational books to tell parents how to teach children about intent issues. sexting and sending emails that cause bitterness and tears down the road is a real issue. so particularly when it comes to children, the notion of the right to be forgotten is a legitimate one. i want to add one more thing which is in our settlement with facebook. one provision says that if you leave facebook, if you decide you want to stop your -- stop use, you take as practable your information back. so that actually in a certain way is a right to be forgotten in our order. >> we have five minutes left. smart phones and what some states, led in part by california, to try and creel some of this, are there lessons that you can take away from what the states are doing? >> what california did last week with the smartphone companies i think is a real step forward and it's very consistent with some of the concerns that we had when we released our kids' app report of just two weeks ago. >> it seemed like the pattern in the last two years that a watch dog group points out something that a l
we put out educational books to tell parents how to teach children about intent issues. sexting and sending emails that cause bitterness and tears down the road is a real issue. so particularly when it comes to children, the notion of the right to be forgotten is a legitimate one. i want to add one more thing which is in our settlement with facebook. one provision says that if you leave facebook, if you decide you want to stop your -- stop use, you take as practable your information back. so...
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we would prefer to reduce by 20% and 30% investments in education." that's not something that is consistently traditional with how democrats or republicans survive. >> rose: some believe that you've lost faith in some sense of this business capacity to come to compromise and that view this election to say to the country there are two ideologies and they're in conflict and you have to make a decision as to whether we can go a different direction. >> i do think that the american people are the ultimate tiebreaker. >> rose: they can break the fever? >> they can break the fever. so, look let me give you another example. my... the health care bill that the republicans have called everything from... (laughs) a child of god. right, i mean... >> rose: everything but a what? >> they've... they have... you know, who... they've made a center piece of what they consider to be my mistakes as president. there's a reason why their front-runner has a problem talking about it. because it basically matches what he signed into law in massachusetts and that's been succes
we would prefer to reduce by 20% and 30% investments in education." that's not something that is consistently traditional with how democrats or republicans survive. >> rose: some believe that you've lost faith in some sense of this business capacity to come to compromise and that view this election to say to the country there are two ideologies and they're in conflict and you have to make a decision as to whether we can go a different direction. >> i do think that the american...
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and make catastrophic cuts to education. so remember what romney said... and what his plan would do. president obama: i'm barack obama and... i approve this message. >> wall street is back open for after its long distance sincer-related shutdowns the 19th century. new york mayor michael bloomberg of bringing the opening bell to resume trading. >> as people get back to work in jersey, to get the lights forming long lines are r gasoline. more than 2 million homes and businesses without power in the garden state. six people killed. president obama scheduled to jersey today and will with new jersey governor chris christie. the president also will talk folks recovering and to thank someance of the first responders. nationwide, gas prices dropped after the storm. average for a is $3.52. that is down for pennies from yesterday. 11 cents lower than a week ago. -- down 4 pennies from yesterday. get finally starting to following days of cancellations from hurricane audrey d.c. area airports philadelphiaston, flights coming in and out. is a different story. , complet
and make catastrophic cuts to education. so remember what romney said... and what his plan would do. president obama: i'm barack obama and... i approve this message. >> wall street is back open for after its long distance sincer-related shutdowns the 19th century. new york mayor michael bloomberg of bringing the opening bell to resume trading. >> as people get back to work in jersey, to get the lights forming long lines are r gasoline. more than 2 million homes and businesses...
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it makes a better-educated public. guys like me laid the groundwork, and we want to see it put to good use. that's why jack included his public television station in his will. consider joining the community of people who want public television to span generations.
it makes a better-educated public. guys like me laid the groundwork, and we want to see it put to good use. that's why jack included his public television station in his will. consider joining the community of people who want public television to span generations.
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it is not incident just education. in alabama and places like that, a lot of the crops this year just brought it in the fields. they could not get people to pick the crops. -- a lot of the crops this year just rotted in the fields. >> if this were easy, we would not be having this conversation. you have to deal with the politics. you have to make people feel better. make my family feel better. my son is a physics student. you let in a lot of foreign physics students, are you diluting his job market? my sister lives in amarillo, texas. they are very worried about waves coming across the border. >> one, nobody has come across the border in a long time. we spend a fortune on technology. if you want to come to america illegally, do not waste your time going across the border and through the desert. it is dangerous. just lie here and overstay your visa. we have absolutely no ability to check who you are and get you back. -- just fly here and overstay your visa. we solve our problem by having an economy crater. people do not
it is not incident just education. in alabama and places like that, a lot of the crops this year just brought it in the fields. they could not get people to pick the crops. -- a lot of the crops this year just rotted in the fields. >> if this were easy, we would not be having this conversation. you have to deal with the politics. you have to make people feel better. make my family feel better. my son is a physics student. you let in a lot of foreign physics students, are you diluting his...
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system, you are a man who works in education. statistics are used in the book and i was checking them again today, the 2010 report, the 50 state board that black males in education, and using the academic year, that the graduation rate, the young black men was 47%. there has been one since then but i was looking at a graduation rate here in new york city where only 25% of black male students are graduating from their regions to plumb and statistics get ever more depressing kind of as you go down. what is happening in our education system that our black boys and potato, girls not doing much better but our black boys in particular doing so badly? what's going wrong? >> there's lots of reasons, and i know at least one teacher in the autistic or private address isn't better. but the reality is that our young boys are criminalized within these institutions. i'd like to reference a work of one my colleagues, he just released this great report that talks about the deficit way in which we talk about african-american male achievement educ
system, you are a man who works in education. statistics are used in the book and i was checking them again today, the 2010 report, the 50 state board that black males in education, and using the academic year, that the graduation rate, the young black men was 47%. there has been one since then but i was looking at a graduation rate here in new york city where only 25% of black male students are graduating from their regions to plumb and statistics get ever more depressing kind of as you go...
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they're learning how to do p hands-on education because thatl is really important. our kids learn in a very hands-on way before they get hnd interested in really learning.ae so we are working with teachersy it's not under cover, by the way it is being funded by a number of sources. and many teachers are veryrs are interested. and now we are working with the college. other schools.s so it is really important thattc our teachers learn how to passto on. one of the messages that we give our kids, we talk about the five super foods in classroom, youyou know, retail, whenever, i thinks it is blueberries and three others.ot and and then wait months and down the hall and give them.fo. so it is not -- it is not a gooo message. i think we need to, as far ass darkness, on the school grounds. it is very important. of course started that out in california. and know what you we had a number of school gardens that wt have installed. as a matter of fact, every clas and the school has a garden. and the community has a garden.n it's a combination of community garden and a school guar
they're learning how to do p hands-on education because thatl is really important. our kids learn in a very hands-on way before they get hnd interested in really learning.ae so we are working with teachersy it's not under cover, by the way it is being funded by a number of sources. and many teachers are veryrs are interested. and now we are working with the college. other schools.s so it is really important thattc our teachers learn how to passto on. one of the messages that we give our kids,...
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they call these weapons assault weapons, which i have done myself and i have been willing to become educated. they are not assault weapons. they do not kill as well as a moose rifle or a rifle-- >>> you are getting off topic. >> no, no, no. the problem is separating the crazies from the inner city, from what mayor bloomberg is stupidly saying. the issue of guns is larger than just a five-minute debate. people die in different ways in this country-- >>> the question isism the exploitation within moments of a tragedy president is blame -- this is what you chronicled -- they blame the tea party, they blame you, they blame me, they blame fox, talk radio, the list goes on. >> yes-- >>> go ahead. >> i was going to say that the problem with people like michael bloomberg and the people with people like tam raholder is they don't think about what they are saying. i take the time to listen -- [overlapping dialogue] >> just a couple of minutes ago -- just a couple of minutes ago, you called us essentially haters and insane, for condemning michael bloomberg's remarks and then you just said that what he
they call these weapons assault weapons, which i have done myself and i have been willing to become educated. they are not assault weapons. they do not kill as well as a moose rifle or a rifle-- >>> you are getting off topic. >> no, no, no. the problem is separating the crazies from the inner city, from what mayor bloomberg is stupidly saying. the issue of guns is larger than just a five-minute debate. people die in different ways in this country-- >>> the question isism...
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devry university, proud to support the education of our u.s. olympic team. >> sean: she has been shut out to date from the republican convention and with only a month until tampa, should former alaska governor sarah palin get a speaking spot at the 2012 g.o.p. convention? joining me, the bipartisan panel to discuss the pros and cons of having the former vice-presidential canned dit take the stage. good to see you. >> good to see you. >> sean: i think she will be there and i think, of course, she should be there. >> absolutely. she needs to be there. no one can excite the base like sarah palin. she had enormous success with endorsements. she is doing an event with ted cruz, an important race. she had a 90% success rate with her endorsments in 2010 and in 2008, she revitalized the ticket f. it wasn't for sarah palin, so many people would be been disengaged. she made that ticket what it was. they didn't win because there was a financial crisis and john mccain suspended his campaign. but sarah palin would have led that ticket to victory. she needs
devry university, proud to support the education of our u.s. olympic team. >> sean: she has been shut out to date from the republican convention and with only a month until tampa, should former alaska governor sarah palin get a speaking spot at the 2012 g.o.p. convention? joining me, the bipartisan panel to discuss the pros and cons of having the former vice-presidential canned dit take the stage. good to see you. >> good to see you. >> sean: i think she will be there and i...
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, and our elected officials are not dealing with long-term issues like infrastructure, health care, education. financial crisis expert ken rogoff says the situation is getting worse, but he may have a solution -- teach politicians to play chess. >> i'm ken rogoff. i'm a professor of economics at harvard university. i work on financial crises. i have a wonderful wife and two children. i used to be a professional chess player in my youth. i'm still an international grandmaster at chess. it helps me a little bit in economics. >> well, someone described me once trying to solve a financial crisis as you're trying to play chess blindfolded against someone else who is better than you, and then the chess board is moving like this, you know, and you're switching positions all the time. >> there are certain things life negotiation, where like other sports analogies, chess teaches you to think what the other person's thinking. >> oh! >> no, no, it's not bad. >> no? >> it's not bad. >> let's talk about right now, trying to solve the financial crisis. sometimes you're making a move out of desperation just
, and our elected officials are not dealing with long-term issues like infrastructure, health care, education. financial crisis expert ken rogoff says the situation is getting worse, but he may have a solution -- teach politicians to play chess. >> i'm ken rogoff. i'm a professor of economics at harvard university. i work on financial crises. i have a wonderful wife and two children. i used to be a professional chess player in my youth. i'm still an international grandmaster at chess. it...
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author panels and discussions will cover topics such as education, the 2012 president issue ection and the 0t vey h. belfast book festival. three-day celebration of read, writing and publishing. at 31st-september 2.l ake e and then the florida herita book festival will be in saint august seen, florida. please letus know about book fairs andfesvals il booktv at c-span.org. in a recent interview c-span asked romn about the bock he just finshed reading. >> i know you'rrdi or what about america's role in the year? >> i hope some of the things george predicted coming true. there are others that i don't think will. but i do believe that amica as lilreedom, economicnt freedom, that was born and nurtured chand the world from the very beginning of those inspired documents, the declation of independents and the constitution and i believe adroothe world stage by virture of the commitment. >> for more information on this and other summer reading list. vit booktv.org. ininouwangton lobbiest. and neoconservative angel tim lton's efforts to gain approval for secret weap system. 's about 40minus. you
author panels and discussions will cover topics such as education, the 2012 president issue ection and the 0t vey h. belfast book festival. three-day celebration of read, writing and publishing. at 31st-september 2.l ake e and then the florida herita book festival will be in saint august seen, florida. please letus know about book fairs andfesvals il booktv at c-span.org. in a recent interview c-span asked romn about the bock he just finshed reading. >> i know you'rrdi or what about...
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we've done incredible job focusing on our lowest performing school in which the national education soes calls our priority schools, to make sure that the adults in the building, the parents in the community, the administrators and the policymakers are all coming together to provide the resources that our stupts need. we are the -- you know, these kind of tactics have been tried before where politicians have tried to separate our members from their union. but they are not fooled by that and i know the american people are not going to be fooled by that. we represent the middle class of this country. and we want to make sure that we have elected officials that understand that we are the backbone of america and we have to invest in our children if we're going to have the kind of bright future we all want. >> we should say your union backed the president for re-election back in july. so even before we had any idea who the republican might be, we could say we still don't know who the republican is going to be, but then the nea passed a resolution outlining 13 areas where your union disagrees
we've done incredible job focusing on our lowest performing school in which the national education soes calls our priority schools, to make sure that the adults in the building, the parents in the community, the administrators and the policymakers are all coming together to provide the resources that our stupts need. we are the -- you know, these kind of tactics have been tried before where politicians have tried to separate our members from their union. but they are not fooled by that and i...
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capital, literacy, education. and on top of that, there is now a test prep industry, which is of course inevitable because a good education in europe cities a scarce resource is scarce resource can be priced on the market in the dollar suffered capital finance of dollars have defined the merchandise. so there's now a test industry where you pay $90 an hour of the wealthier precincts of manhattan or tutor for your child can be a thousand dollars for what is called a cram school or your kid goes during winter break everyday to work on a test. there's no record kept on this, but now a majority of students have gone through a test regime. and the story about what happened in this test prep regime to me is the really important parable for thinking about how to meritocracy is broken down. we want to say there is any division between equality of opportunity and equality of outcome. thus the foundational premise of our meritocratic division. everyone's going to line up at the starting line and never will jump when they he
capital, literacy, education. and on top of that, there is now a test prep industry, which is of course inevitable because a good education in europe cities a scarce resource is scarce resource can be priced on the market in the dollar suffered capital finance of dollars have defined the merchandise. so there's now a test industry where you pay $90 an hour of the wealthier precincts of manhattan or tutor for your child can be a thousand dollars for what is called a cram school or your kid goes...
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if you get your education, if you can get the highest education possible, get it. and then figure out what you want to do. if you want to pursue your dreams, go ahead. >> the similarities of your life now and matt damon, he has a big passion for education, as you know. he also has four young kids. you say you get mistaken for him quite a lot. and he does for you. >> yeah, we have this thing that we laugh about. if somebody else comes up and says, hey, matt, i love you, i just say thank you. if they say, are you matt damon? i always say no, brad pitt. he says all the time with "the fighter" and "perfect storm" and this movie and that movie. we both have a similar approach to our job. it's our job. other than that, we want to kind of be left alone and be with our families. >> he seemed a very well-ajusted guy, matt damon. you too. you worked out what is most important in his life. and he works hard to keep that sustained. his marriage, kids, so on. you seem to have come to that place as well. >> yeah. >> how important has your wife been to you? >> the most important
if you get your education, if you can get the highest education possible, get it. and then figure out what you want to do. if you want to pursue your dreams, go ahead. >> the similarities of your life now and matt damon, he has a big passion for education, as you know. he also has four young kids. you say you get mistaken for him quite a lot. and he does for you. >> yeah, we have this thing that we laugh about. if somebody else comes up and says, hey, matt, i love you, i just say...
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we talk about the fact that, kids need to finish their education but the one thing that a young person needs more than anything else is an adult who unconditionally loves them and commits to them and won't let go of them. it is what made a difference in my life. the thing that i think you will see in "almost home" that made a difference in these kids lives, people stepped up to be that person the cook in new orleans. as tina often says, it is not the executive direct or or the president or of the charity but the janitor, cook, mentor comes into the shelter who decides i'm not letting go of this kid and i will help that kid get across that bridge. maybe two more questions. then we'll conclude. if there are anymore? yes? hi. >> [inaudible]. thank you for the work that you do. my question actually, we heard about ways adult can help but are there ways youth can help, the homeless group. i went to stewart academy in newark and other high schools that have meant toring programs or perhaps like volunteer programs, of course may be precarious to have them working with the youth coming out of
we talk about the fact that, kids need to finish their education but the one thing that a young person needs more than anything else is an adult who unconditionally loves them and commits to them and won't let go of them. it is what made a difference in my life. the thing that i think you will see in "almost home" that made a difference in these kids lives, people stepped up to be that person the cook in new orleans. as tina often says, it is not the executive direct or or the...
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we haven't changed public education significantly since then. every single car on a detroit line is custom orders. why? because it's designed to meet the needs of the customer. the education system, federally run, state-run, is not designed to meet the needs of the customer. it's designed for the purposes of the school not the children and the parents who are the customers of that system. i think we need a dramatic change. >> schieffer: you know, senator, if everybody could afford to home school their children. >> i'm not talking about home schooling. i'm talking about public education, bob. >> schieffer: there are little communities where the people couldn't afford to have a public school. that's why you have states involved in the schools. >> it's one thing for states to help fund public education. it's another thing to dictate and micromanage and create a one size fits all education system in states and certainly in the federal government what president obama is trying to do. what we need is to have the same kind of change and dynamic change
we haven't changed public education significantly since then. every single car on a detroit line is custom orders. why? because it's designed to meet the needs of the customer. the education system, federally run, state-run, is not designed to meet the needs of the customer. it's designed for the purposes of the school not the children and the parents who are the customers of that system. i think we need a dramatic change. >> schieffer: you know, senator, if everybody could afford to home...
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to theh would go education trust fund? optimistic itre pass soon. look at the economic impact to the state. to say no to that as legislators. >> the senate will look at the early assion as tomorrow night and perhaps a complete bill by as as wednesday. keep in mind there's a the voters in november. richard reeves, abc 7 news. >> a local teenager dies in a two-car accident. but officials think caused the crash. >> more west nile cases in our area. have security in our airport? >> a stranded jet skier of the mostone expensive airport security in the country. expensive airport security in t[ male announcer ] the choice on debt... mitt romney's plan: huge thuax cuts for millionair, tax breaks for oil companies and corporations that ship jobs overseas, adding trillions to the deficit. president obama's plan: a balanced approach that asks the wealthy to pay a little more, eliminates tax breaks for outsourcing and oil subsidies, cuts government spending, and reduces the deficit by four trillion. two plans. your choice. [ obama ] i'm barack obama and i appro
to theh would go education trust fund? optimistic itre pass soon. look at the economic impact to the state. to say no to that as legislators. >> the senate will look at the early assion as tomorrow night and perhaps a complete bill by as as wednesday. keep in mind there's a the voters in november. richard reeves, abc 7 news. >> a local teenager dies in a two-car accident. but officials think caused the crash. >> more west nile cases in our area. have security in our airport?...
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what they're asking about is, will my children be able to get a great education? so these are at-home issues on the ground in philadelphia and in cities all across the united states of america. that's what this election is about. >> thank you for joining me. i appreciate it. >> thank you, piers. >> i want to bling in a woman whose take on politics is intriguing. political junkie, wife, mother, actress. best-selling author, and she joins me now. quite a long list of descriptions of you. which one do you prefer? >> lingerie model. why are you laughing? >> i'm not. wish i had the pictures to prove it. now, this election is hotting up. >> yes. >> and you have an intriguing take on all this. what do you make of where we are? the choice between barack obama who has been okay, but a little disappointing to his own fan base, mitt romney who's never excited his own fan base, but who is now the nominee. what do you think of the battle wee about to face? >> it's much closer than than i expected it to be. i'm a democrat. so i put my money on that horse. but the neck and neck
what they're asking about is, will my children be able to get a great education? so these are at-home issues on the ground in philadelphia and in cities all across the united states of america. that's what this election is about. >> thank you for joining me. i appreciate it. >> thank you, piers. >> i want to bling in a woman whose take on politics is intriguing. political junkie, wife, mother, actress. best-selling author, and she joins me now. quite a long list of...
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if you improve the education and improve women, that helps. i have a right to tell someone not to reproduce when the reproduction isn't really, at this point, it isn't a problem. our problem is that the people in the west consume too much. yes, there is a connection to population, but i don't feel like that discussion is the one that we need to have just yet. i have friends in lots of places. the women in other countries take birth control willingly, so their partner doesn't know, so they can speak out in time their pregnancies. that is just my perspective. but if you want to decline population in the united states, i am all for it. >> thank you for your question. >> edward, you had mentioned that the junk mail that we all did. i thought you might have been hinting at a way to minimize that. i asked my mail carrier to stop delivering that, and she said she could not. is there a solution of? >> there are somethings you can opt out on. the reason why is that you can't, is there is no equivalent of the do not call list for junk mail. there should
if you improve the education and improve women, that helps. i have a right to tell someone not to reproduce when the reproduction isn't really, at this point, it isn't a problem. our problem is that the people in the west consume too much. yes, there is a connection to population, but i don't feel like that discussion is the one that we need to have just yet. i have friends in lots of places. the women in other countries take birth control willingly, so their partner doesn't know, so they can...
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. >> reporter: udc employees, overall, make less than other educators in the washington area. and to attract and retain good educators, it requires good pay. >> and we're fulling -- pulling from the same talent pool. you have to recruit the same kind and they have that competition. >> reporter: the plan still has to be approved by the council and mayor. the mayor won't rule out a one- time payment to help udc turn things around. >> and sometimes you may have to get an investment to get you where you have to get to. >> reporter: and the salary study will be done by the end of the year and he would not give an exact figure of how many employees could lose the jobs and the report points out that the plan could bring legal action from those who don't like it, will? >> i know you will stay on this for us, matt, thank you. >> uh-huh. >>> controversial ads went up in 10 subway systems last week. aspect islamic blogger pamela gellar sued to force the transportation authority to put the ads up and wants to do the same thing in d.c.'s metro stations. we'll find out what the judge's deci
. >> reporter: udc employees, overall, make less than other educators in the washington area. and to attract and retain good educators, it requires good pay. >> and we're fulling -- pulling from the same talent pool. you have to recruit the same kind and they have that competition. >> reporter: the plan still has to be approved by the council and mayor. the mayor won't rule out a one- time payment to help udc turn things around. >> and sometimes you may have to get an...
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